The Journal of the Korean dental association (대한치과의사협회지)

The Korean Dental Association (대한치과의사협회)
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Dental accidents and malpractice disputes survey

치과의사의 설문을 통해 본 치과의료사고 및 분쟁

  • Park, Seon Gyu (S-leader Dental Hospital) ;
  • Kim, Sun-Mi (Department of Social and Humanity in Dentistry, School of Dentistry, Wonkwang University) ;
  • Shin, Ho Sung (Department of Social and Humanity in Dentistry, School of Dentistry, Wonkwang University)
  • 박선규 (S리더 치과병원) ;
  • 김선미 (원광대학교 치과대학 인문사회치의학교실) ;
  • 신호성 (원광대학교 치과대학 인문사회치의학교실)
  • Received : 2015.01.23
  • Accepted : 2015.01.31
  • Published : 2015.02.01
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Abstract

The dental accidents and disputes among Korean dentists have been on the increase with time. The main purpose of this study is to figure out the actual status of the dental accidents and malpractice disputes based on a questionnaire survey. The findings showed that 64.8% of respondents had been experienced the dental accidents, and 52.9% of respondents had been locked into the disputes. Within 5 years from the start of dental practice, the nearly half of the dentists responded the experience of the dental accidents and disputes. The amount of compensation for dental accidents and disputes wereindentalimplant, prosthodontics, and oral surgery treatments in descending order. The highest incident type was wrong process/treatment/procedure problem in clinical process/procedure.

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